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Unluckily for Olivia, she obviously discovered she was not quite as unbreakable as her mutant alter ego during some of the more challenging fight scenes - hence the bruises.

The star said during a Twitter Q&A: 'I did get hurt training. Most of it was self-inflicted.

Sexy superhero: The 35-year-old actress plays one of the new baddie mutants, Betsy Braddock aka Psylocke, in director Bryan Singer's X-Men: Apocalypse, due out in the US on May 27

'I have a picture of my leg on my right side just completely bruised literally from my ankle all the way up my thigh, and that was just when I was at home trying to learn sword by myself, and this is before I asked for maybe a not-so-sharp blade to practice with.'

The movie also co-stars Michael Fassbender as Erik Lensher, aka Magneto, and Hugh Jackman as Logan/Wolverine.

This will be the ninth X-Men movie in the franchise (including Deadpool) since the original bowed in 2000 with two more films planned for 2017 and beyond.

Orange crush: Olivia and her beau of two years at the Academy Awards in Hollywood on February 28

The series has earned a stunning $3.8 billion worldwide, according to Wikipedia.

Meanwhile Olivia, who has been with Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, 32, since May 2014, will also be seen in a second film this year, Office Christmas Party, due out on December 9.

The Ride Along 2 funnywoman co-stars with Jennifer Aniston, Jamie Chung and Jason Bateman in the comedy about a work party that spirals out of control.